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BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of skeletal muscle mass and is a modifiable condition that affects between 27 to 61% of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Socia...
12/15/2022
BACKGROUND: Current inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) therapies are limited by incomplete efficacy, loss of response, side effects and high costs. Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS)...
12/15/2021
BACKGROUND: Colitis describes inflammation in the colon and is classified into defined diseases: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Microscopic colitis, Ischemic colitis and In...
12/15/2021
12/15/2021
BACKGROUND: Urgency, the immediate need to defecate, is common in ulcerative colitis (UC). The frequently used patient reported outcome (PRO)-2 for UC includes only rectal ble...
12/15/2021
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory condition and has been increasing in prevalence in the United States, with a 30-40% inc...
12/15/2021
BACKGROUND: As the prevalence of complex inflammatory bowel disease and extraintestinal manifestations continue to rise, more patients are requiring complex treatment regimens...
12/15/2021
BACKGROUND: Ustekinumab (UST) is a monoclonal antibody against the p40 subunit of IL-12/23. It is approved for the treatment of moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD) and Ulc...
12/15/2021
BACKGROUND: Intestinal strictures are a complication of the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD, including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD)) that can lead to bowe...
12/15/2021